Blue Blood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDBEEBB FGFGHHHGBIIBB| Spurn not the nobly born | A |
| With love affected | B |
| Nor treat with virtuous scorn | A |
| The well connected | B |
| High rank involves no shame | C |
| We boast an equal claim | C |
| With him of humble name | C |
| To be respected | D |
| Blue blood Blue blood | B |
| When virtuous love is sought | E |
| Thy power is naught | E |
| Though dating from the Flood | B |
| Blue blood | B |
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| Spare us the bitter pain | F |
| Of stern denials | G |
| Nor with low born disdain | F |
| Augment our trials | G |
| Hearts just as pure and fair | H |
| May beat in Belgrave Square | H |
| As in the lowly air | H |
| Of Seven Dials | G |
| Blue blood Blue blood | B |
| Of what avail art thou | I |
| To serve me now | I |
| Though dating from the Flood | B |
| Blue blood | B |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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